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Show WEEKLY REFLEX, DAVIS NEWS JOURNAL, APRIL 18, 1984 Governor Replies On Lake Proposals From Btfl. Resident By GARY R. BLODGETT Clipper News Editor Theres sometimes skepticism that a laywont hold water with gov- mans opinion ernment officials. BUT JOHN W. Palmer, of Bountiful, found this not to be so when he sent a detailed letter to Governor Scott M. Matheson outlining his proposal to dike the east shore of the Great Salt Lake. At the time he mailed the letter last February, Mr. Palmer admitted that the governor is a very busy man, but Im certain he will read with interest what I have to say. AND THE Governor did. The governors letter in response to Mr. Pa- lmers letter was lengthy and detailed ing a lot of research and analysis. -- - provid- HE MENTIONED, among other things, that despite longtime problems with high water flow and the rising Great Salt Lake, legislative inaction on the Great Salt Lake is a problem, and not a new one. Of the obstacles facing all (diking) proposals, funding is un doubtedly the most difficult, wrote. He added: Voters Will Find Slim Pickings Come Primaries Next Fall By GARY R. BLODGETT Hersh Ipakatchian in District 16; Ute Knowlton will face Douglas C. FARMINGTON Itll be slim Cannon in District 17; another batpickings When Davis County vo- tle looms in District 18 with former ters go to the polls for a Primary representative Lloyd Selleneit Election next October. There will going against incumbent Naomi M. be only six primary races for coun- Shumway; and in Senate District the governor ty and legislative Republican Party. Dis-tri- m FARMINGTON Loren Martins been named Davis County attorney to fill the vacancy created when Rodney Page was installed as a state district judge. THE APPOINTMENT was announced Monday afternoon by the county commission, with Mr. Martin chosen from a list of three FOLLOWING IS the governors letter of response to Mr. Palmer: including Don S. Redd and Ron . . Greenhalgh. No stranger to the county attor- neys office, Mr. Martin came tr the office in 1969 as a just-graduat- thoughts about the Great Salt appreciate receiving your letter detailing Lake. Your comments prompted our own research into the number of proposals and studies by numerous authorities and groups to dike various areas of the Great Salt Lake. Many proposals date back to between 1930 and 1935. The bibliography of a 1956 engineering report contains 35 separate documents proposing diking projects. ed lawyer having fulfilled some Army service overseas, filling a two year stint under County Attorney Bennett Peterson. At that e time, the office had three e secretattorneys and a ary. Its grown to seven lawyers, alone. HE THEN became an FBI special agent for two years, based in Oklahoma and Kansas City, Mo., investigating many bank robberies, he recalled. e FBI From there, after Chief J. Edgar Hoovers death, he accepted an offer from Mr. Peterson to return to the county attor- ed inter-islan- project. Governor J. Bracken Lee proclaimed the Weber River watershed closed to further indigent criminal case attorney for the county, after having proposed the switch from rotating cases to the lawyers living in the county. For the past four years hes worked in private practice, mostly Rivet-wate- r Sunset Police m Report Review THE DIVISION of Parks and Recreation, Utah Department of Natural Resources, is currently preparing a master plan for the states parks and recreation areas. Future development of Antelope Island will be considered in that plan. In addition, the Division of Water Resources will soon complete a comprehensive state water plan. I wish you well with your continuing efforts to develop tourist appeal for the Wendover area. I, along with a great many other individuals, share your concern for the Great Salt Lake and the benefits it provides. I assure you that whatever decisions are made to involve the state in future water and recreation projects will be for the greatest benefit of the citizens By DONETA GATHERUM - SUNSET During 1983 Sunset City police responded to 1,448 complaints, an average of about 121 calls per month. There were 1,832 citations issued in 1983. Twenty-eigwarning citations of Utah. ht Sincerely, were given. THESE STATISTICS were included in a comprehensive year-en- d police report prepared by Sunset Chief Archie Searle. The information was given to Mayor Norman Sant and the Sunset council Governor Matheson members at the last council meeting. Elected officials complimented Chief Searle on the professional efficiency the police officers ex- hibit. Consistency has been main- SALT LAKE CITY - Davis ! : ! enjoy an upswing, as unemployment saw a further slight drop in March, down to 5.3 percent. THATS NEARLY half a percent better than the state average, and means about one in 19 workers is still out of work. But looking just a year ago, its 2'i percent better than the unemployment picture then. Hundreds of new jobs are on the horizon, the county's top Job Service executive reports. Davis County's economic pic- ture, as briefly outlined by Clearfield Job Service Manager Jack Bailey, reflects the growth posture. A few examples: the new Albertsons grocery store in Bountiful, about six months from completion will bring dozens of new jobs; the Mega Corp. hotel in Layton will also be hiring soon; is Hurco Corp., Ogden-baseopening a Freeport Center plant that will employ about 50; Quality Packaging is starting there, as well, with about 30, hoping to expand to 100. Tanner Clinic is enlarging in Layton while two new stores at Layton Hills Mall will mean more jobs. And while chose a Weber Kimberly-ClarCounty sight, some of their 300 jobs and the 600 estimated construction jobs could mean work for Davis County residents, Mr. Bailey emphasizes. The countys unemployment situation improved by two tenths IN ADDITION the k tinued to suffer massive unemployment. IN WASATCH County, heavily dependent on Geneva Steel Works, a 10.9 percent figure was reported, equalled by Juab and slightly surpassed by Wayne. areas Heavily continued to suffer the most, led by Grand (Moab) County, where better than one in seven was out of work last month, up Bom January and February but substantially below March, 1983 when better than mineral-depende- one in five were unemployed. For the state as a whole, though, the job picture continues to brighten, the "Utah Labor Market Report for March indicates, and leading economic indicators suggest future economic growth. NOTING 28,000 new nonfarm in the past year, many came from four sectors: manufacturing, with 9,300; trade generated 6,000; construction, 4,500 and services, 4,200. Looking in their crystal ball, Job Service officials believe the economy will continue its upward surge, based on leading business indicators. The average weekly jobs created hours for Utah's manufacturers during the past few months reached 41.3 level in 15 hours-th- eir highest years, surpassing Janu arys level. 1984. New come construction should pick up the pace in the next few months." Although more were employed, in February, the average weekly wage dipped, slightly from January s $3 3.46 to $308.88 for the Salt Lake-Ogdc- n area. It was up by $7, though, from a year ago. 1 MINERS AND contractors sustained large decreases, as averages are figured, with miners averaging $516 a week in February this year vs. $563 the year before. For contractors, their rate dipped from $523 a year ago to $474. Other segments either saw small increases or less of a decline, the report notes, with manufacturing going down by $7 from January but up by $10 from February, 1983, to $350. tained even though there has been excessive within the department. ANOTHER important fact the annual report brought out was a concentrated effort by police officers in all areas traffic enforcement, assaults, robberies, burglary, theft, stolen vehicles, etc. The report gave a three year comparison. Theft and criminal mischief complaints were down considerably in 1983. The theft turn-ov- ONE SOUR economic development was a substantia decrease in new dwelling unit permits authorized for construction, the report notes. Seasonally adjusted new dwelling unit permits nosedived from 1 ,250 in January to only 800 in February, but officials indicated this pattern is not expected to continue throughout e Flood Here It Is MR. MARTIN became the first the only project currently considered to have the quickest effect on the lake level. No decision has been made to implement or fund the west desert pumping scheme, but it is options being studied. Development of Bear among several additional long-teralternative! is another longer-ter- Countys economy continues to Wamtlmf full-tim- e long-standi- March, bucking a slight state increase and showed a far better employment situation than neighboring Weber, down to 6.7 but slightly above Salt Lake's 5.1 and far above Box Elder's 3.3 and Caches 4.7. But on the other end of the spectrum, several counties con- ated from Salt Lake Countys Olympus High School, obtaining a political science and law degree from the University of Utah. He and his wife, Marilyn, live in Boun neys office. I MENTION this research to demonstrate that legislative inaction on the Great Salt Lake is a problem, and not a new one. Of the obstacles facing all proposals, funding is undoubtedly the most difficult. Concerning flood control efforts involving the Great Salt Lake, the causeway breach is of a percent from February to IN ADDITION to legal pursuits, his wife manages a book publishing business and the coliple also own an office management firm based in Salt Lake City. A California native, he gradu- tiful and have seven children. ALTHOUGH HE readily admits to needing some time to reacquaint himself with the office, Mr. Martin stressed a need he believes exists for more assistance in the civil area and spoke strongly for retaining county attorneys vs. regional or district attorneys who wouldnt be as close to the people. He ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general in 1976 and also for a county judge post two years ago. long-tim- appropriation. The moratorium was lifted in 1955, but during those six years the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation prepared all the water applications needed for the Weber River project covering all the surplus water of the Weber River system. The Bureau of Reclamation constructed Willard Bay, but no water remained for a Farmington Bay reservoir. The causeway between Syracuse and Antelope Island was also a feature of the 1958 scheme. North County Editor e. in civil cases involving real estate and insurance. part-tim- proposal was made in a 1958 report to the State Legislature by an State Road Commission. The report was funded by a $15,000 the committee to advisory 1955 State Legislature. The report analyzed the feasibility of storing from the appropriation d dike 93,000 acre feet of fresh water in Farmington Bay and of long-tera time for at that in cancelled construction. An event 1949, however, Farmington Bay hope By TOM BUSSF.LBERG Amer- ct part-tim- WIDELY-TOUTE- D m Reva Elaine Wadsworth, ican Party; and Senate District 23, Vera Edwards, Lib.; and Reldon C. White, American Party. Martin Appointed As Attorney - m e Dicka-mor- Dear Mr. Palmer: A long-tim- ar long-standi- I incumbent Jack M. Bangerter will be challenged by Elaine S. McKay. Harry B. Ger-lac- h Sr., an incumbent, will battle Ronald Greenhalgh for com23 Kim Burningham, Rep.; and Richard T. Bombard, Lib.; District 20, Robert H. Garff, Rep.; and REPUBLICANS will have County Commissioner runoff races for the Utah House Harold J. Tippetts, Rep.; Dennis of Representatives in Districts 14, missioner. A. DeBoer, Demo.; and Herbert 16, 17 and 18, in State Senate DisOTHER CANDIDATES are Rep. N. Henderson, American; County Chuck Johntrict 23, and for county com- District 14, Dan C. Gardner, De- Commission missioner. mo.; District 15, Henry J. son, Demo.; and J.R. (Jim) EtherMarqueax Price and Scott Holt Rep.; District 16, Lorraine idge, American; Clerk, Michael A. will oppose each other in Rep. Mandeville, Demo.; and Patricia Alphin, Rep.; and Howard F. Stod14; incumbent Franklin Hunt, Lib.; District 17, M. Jay dard, Demo.; and Attorney, Loren Knowlton will be opposed by Clegg, Demo.; and Mary Ann Martin, Rep. CONCERNING FLOOD control efforts involving the Great Salt Lake, breaching of the causeway is the only project currently being considered for a quick means of lowering the lake level. He said no decision has been made to implement or fund the west desert pumping scheme or to control the flow of the Bear River. Both, alternatives being stuhowever, are long-terdied. MR. PALMER started his campaign to get something started with the Great Salt Lake by writing the governor with some alternative proposals to control the water level of the lake and prevent future flooding. Simultaniously, Mr. Palmer approached the Davis County Clipper seeking still more alternatives to the lake proposals. A public plea was made and more than two dozen bonefide renot one a crank sponses were received letter. in the seats-- all Mickelsen, Lib.; District 18, Lillian Wood, Demo.; and Francis Laddie Swaner, Lib.; District 19, Transportation-communication-publi- c er - complaints were 227 for 1981, 169 for 1982 and 181 for 1983. In the criminal mischief column, 112 complaints were answered in 1981, 84 in 1982 and only 65 in 1983. LIQUOR offenses were up. In 1981 there were 17 liquor offenses. This number increased to 52 in. 1983. Citations for DU1 (driving under influence) jumped from 108 to 200. Chief Searle observed most DUI citations were issued in residential areas and not along the highway. MISDEMEANOR citations were up; 137 were given in 1981, 117 in 1982 and 177 in 1983. THE COUNCIL approved the expenditure of $1433 for the Davis County Narcotics Strike Force program. The potential of serious flooding in areas of Utah this spring has increased inquiries to the Utah Insurance Department regarding the availability of flood insurance for Utah residents, according to Roger C. Day, Utah Commissioner of Insurance. FLOOD INSURANCE is available for many Utah residents from the National Flood Insurance Program and through reliable insurers not licensed, but authorized, to write insurance in Utah.; Persons can obtain the national flood insurance from any of several hundred agents in Utah who have the necessary training from the federal government. Information about the private insurdnee, which is a comprehensive disaster policy and which covers catastrophe damage other than flood, for example earthquake, can be obtained from the Independent Insurance Agents ' Association of Utah. Before citizens can be eligible for the national flcod insurance; on their home, the community in which they live must be' approved by the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA). A list of those communities is available from the Utah State Insurance Department and the Division of Comprehensive! Emergency Management. A flood awareness brochure, summar-.- ! izing needs for flood prevention planning and preparedness, is' also available from the Division of Comprehensive Emergency, Management. , ALTHOUGH IT can take about three weeks fob a community to become registered, the criteria for eligibility may be met by local government officials agreeing to cooperate with the Federal Government in providing information and assisting in identifying flood plain areas. Communities must also be willing to evaluate-aneliminate or minimize potential damage in these areas. Once communities are accepted, maps are drawn showing flood plane areas. Anyone in an eligible community is eligible for coverage, regardless of whether or not they live in a designated flood plane. Two different programs exist under the federal flood insurance" program: the emergency program, and the regular program.! Communities start in the emergency program and enter the rcgu- lar program after flood plane maps are drawn and differential, rates are established for different areas of the community. Sa!t,; Lake City and Spanish Fork proper are in the emergency program. UNDER THE emergency program, a flat rate of 40 cents per $100 is charged for insurance on residential dwellings, regardless of location. Contents coverage is available for 50 cents per $100. Limits for dwelling and contents coverage under the emergency program are $35,000 (replacement cost) and $10,000 (actual cash value) respectively, however. Maximum coverage on a dwelling and its contents, therefore, would be $190 per year. In the emergency program, coverage can be made effective at 12:01 a.m. on the day following that in which the application was completed. THE REGULAR program uses rates which depend on the! location and the nature of the risk and which vary greatly. In addition, the limits in the regular program are much higher $185,000 on dwellings and $60,000 on dwelling contents. Rates, under the regular program start at cents per $100 and go up! from there. There is a five day waiting period for coverage under; the regular program. Federal flood insurance is available through many Utah agents, so most consumers can contact the agent who writes their; homeowners insurance to obtain flood insurance for them. Con-- ! sumers and agents desiring more information on the federal flood insurance program can call 1 for assistance. : -: . 1 1 533-527- MORE INFORMATION regarding the insurance available through private sources can be obtained from the Independent Insurance Agents Association of Utah, 364-464- 1. utilities, workers saw both an increase over January and a year ago, up to $449.65 on average. Trade workers fared slightly better than a year ago, as well, going from $216 to $221. THESE FIGURES were only ab- out $ .50 a week, less, on the composite average, than their fellow workers across the state, who earned an average of $310.45 per week. 1 Eagles Charities Dinner Dance Sat. Layton Fraternal Order of Eagles 3198 w ill hold their annual Big Four Charities Dinner Dance, April 21 at the Aerie Home, 156 W. Gentile. Dinner will be served from p.m. featuring comish hens with all the trimmings. FOLLOWING DINNER, dance with the All Second Generation band from 7-- 9 money collected for the Four Charities, the Heart Fund. Cancer Fund, Jimmy Durantei Crippled Children Fund and the Golden Age Fund are returned to Utah. There will be many door prizes as well. The Layton Eagles with to thank the many participating merchants for their donations. |